Syria’s government has mostly given up on fighting rebels in small battles nationwide, and has the bulk of its military forces in and around the capital city of Damascus. Arab officials say the surge in arms is part of a “master plan” to conquer Damascus militarily.

Exactly when the attack will come is still unclear, and the officials say it would take “days or weeks” for the push to begin in earnest. With Syria’s military having plenty of time to dig in around the capital, it could be a bloody siege indeed.

It does explain rebel interest in seizing the border zones with Turkey and Jordan, since the weapons are pouring in now on both fronts. Though rebel commanders continue to maintain “progress” in winning the war outright, they still seem stalemated in the major cities and added weapons don’t mean they’re going to run over Syria’s military.

We've seen and heard this from the "rebels" before. They're no stronger now than they were last year when they were humiliated by the Syrian military in their last "push" to "take" Damascus..

mak

Well well, Jason Ditz. I believe you, CNN,FOX & Co have been circulating this particular "news" in various forms since late October. With an "imminent" attack on the capital.

There have been many "attacks" indeed with the same result, your "freedom fighters" of retarded trolls burned to charcoal in the hundreds or thousands by the Syrian Arab Army.Enjoy the show…

Mark Thomason

The CIA organizes weapons even as the US denies sending weapons. A secret war is still a war.

It teeters on the edge of becoming a full blown fiasco as soon as it "succeeds" well enough that Syria falls apart and puts all those weapons at risk, and leaves thousands of jihadis on the Israeli border with a surplus of arms and experience.

It makes Hezbollah seem a minor problem in comparison. And the is "success". We'll get sucked in yet.

0800- You, obviously, are oblivious to real pertinent evidence. The above three vedios were made at the beginning of the syrian revolution, in 2011, when most people were still scared of asad's Secret Agents. Had you been more aware of history, you would not have sided so blindly by butures, like the Assad family. Count your lucky stars that you do not live there.

Bomb the aggressors

The problem is Russia, China . Those three countries do not seem to have a real office and expert to deal with this Syria crisis. America can easily play Russia and Russia seem to be extremely naive. This is not different for what they did in Ivory Coast ( Ecowas), in Libya, now in Syria. When you let the evil win one it will come back again. Russia is still looking it shadow without knowing what to do. After the fraudulent election in Ivory coast the seat of that country at the United Nations was given to the western puppet. They did with Libya. They will do with Syria, They will do with Iran, They will do with Russia, They will do with any country just watch.

Down with stupid RUSSIA AND CHINA. Are you going to sell Syria like you did with Libya?
Bomb US and its allies today idiots. The world hates the dumb criminals, blacks and whites.

R.C.

Russia & China have so far prevented a NATO air campaign for regime change in Syria by vetoing resolution after resolution. Russia also continues to supply Assad with what is required for him to hold out. I really don't know what else you expect them to do. I think it's NATO who's in over their heads and really don't know what to do since they expected this thing to have ended over a year ago. The Europeans are divided on whether they shold be arming the rebels or not and the US is blathering on about arming "moderates" when it's obvious that the weapons are falling into the hands of the Al Nusra brigades. Russia abstained on Libya, something Putin asked Medvedev NOT to do because he knew NATO would use it as an excuse for regime change.